They say lottery is a game of chance – but, if you live in South Wales, Lady Luck might just be giving you a slightly wider grin than most.

Fortunate residents of a Bridgend postcode are cracking open the champagne after winning a share of £2m in the People’s Postcode Lottery – just two months after a similar-sized prize pot was split between people living in a Swansea community.

And four players of the lottery who live in postcode CF31 2PJ, in the Brackla housing estate, are each now a whopping £200,000 to the good.

Scores of people from the town gathered at the Vale Resort near Cardiff on Saturday to be handed their cheques.

Although they had each been told they would be taking home a minimum of £500 none knew exactly how much they had won.

And the shock of suddenly being £200,000 better off overwhelmed one of the winners, Jayne Austin – who said she now plans to marry her partner Mark Lomax.

Only won a tenner before

The 46-year-old, who works in social services, said she started playing the lottery because among the good causes it helps is the Splice Child And Family Project.

And despite winning £10 prizes before she admitted she could not believe her luck this time around.

She added: “We are renting at the moment and all we were hoping for was enough for a deposit. Now we can pay for it in cash!”

All the winners at the Vale were from the CF31 2 postcode and were told last week they were winners. But the final draw determined which exact postcode would split the lion’s share of the prize money.

“It was pretty torturous getting the phone call and having to wait more than a week,” Jayne said.

“I saw it stop on PJ and I grabbed Mark and I thought I was going to cry.”

Help Mum pay the mortgage

Fellow megabucks winner Ayla Bridgman said she would use her share of the prize to help her mum pay off the mortgage.

Ayla, 27, who is studying English and teaching English as an additional language at the University of South Wales, added: “It is life-changing. As a student I have literally no money so this is going to be everything.

“I am going away in May on holiday. I was panicking as to how I would fund it. I am going to Tenerife but now I want to go somewhere else.”

A joint celebration for all the Postcode Lottery winners

The two other £200,000 winners, Alexis Frew and Angela Heaven, live opposite each other.

'I thought £500 would be lovely'

Alexis, 51, said: “At the moment I just can’t believe it. I came into it and I thought £500 would be lovely.”

Asked what she would spend the money on the mum-of-two, who works in WH Smith in Bridgend, said: “I have got no idea – I didn’t dare think. I’ve only thought I’ll have two holidays this year rather than one.

“We moved here in the late ’80s. I don’t think I will ever move now.”

'Feels like a dream'

Neighbour Angela, 34, who works for Admiral car insurance, said: “This is easily the most surreal moment of my life. I feel like I am dreaming.

“It’s an amazing experience – I am so grateful.”

Angela said she started playing the lottery after a friend of hers who lives in Port Talbot collected £3,000.

She now plans to holiday in Rome, get a car for her boyfriend Richard Coleman, 35, and possibly even buy a house.

Saturday’s ceremony came less than two years after three neighbours in Port Talbot picked up a share of £1m.

And Wales’ remarkable recent luck meant it was the fifth time the People’s Postcode Lottery jackpot has been seen here since it expanded to include Wales in 2010.